@elena you might also want to take a look at #hyper8, under development by @freebliss, the developer of the popular #faircamp audio static site generator.

Il y a possibilité d'écrire des posts à sa "communauté" sur Youtube ! C'est ce que je vais faire je crois. Avis de fermeture du compte imminente, remerciements sincères pour les bons mots, invitation à suivre sur mon Peertube (je songe passer à Hyper 8 de @freebliss bientôt !) et communiquer avec moi directement si désiré.

Today 4x good news for the other static site generator I'm working on (the one that does "statically generated Youtube" :)) - Hyper 8 Video System!

I) Yesterday I released version 0.17.1, which contains a critical-ish metadata computation bugfix created in collaboration with @lislegaard, a usability tweak contributed by @walterebert making inline video playback the default on iOS systems, and for good measure an update of all rust dependencies. Thanks everyone!

II) Then, I'm delighted to announce that the dérive video archive - which is the collaborative endeavour we went on to turn #hyper8 from a tech fantasy to a concrete project around an actual video archive usecase - is now finally online, and growing: https://video.derive.at/

III) Also, Judith from the expanded dérive/urbanize team recently visited me to record a very short interview clip in which I talk about Hyper 8. If you understand some german, here's the link to that: https://www.instagram.com/derive_urbanize/reel/C-7Zdtzsvkq/ (insta, brace yourself (ノ*°▽°*))

IV) Finally, from Sept 11-13 the No Time To Wait conference is happening in Karlsruhe https://mediaarea.net/NoTimeToWait8 (@nttw). It's a very interesting mix around open media, open standards, and digital audiovisual preservation topics, and this year's edition will very likely include some Hyper 8 (and faircamp) content. ;)

That's all! o/

Hyper 8 Video System (a static site generator for video pages) version 0.17.0 is out now!

What's new: Thanks to @meljoann and @walterebert a critical playback issue on older Safari browsers was resolved, video pages can now be created from the editor without adding the video itself right away, sorting on collection pages now works as intended (thanks @lislegaard for the intel), posters are now computed at native video resolution, and lastly besides a handful smaller things not mentioned¹, the --build option is now functional (again), meaning you can use Hyper 8 to build your site without the graphical editor not just conceptually speaking, but for real! \o/

If you're interested in using Hyper 8 from the terminal alone, I recorded a ~9min video explaining the process:
https://simonrepp.com/video/hyper8/without-editor/

Complementary to the now available CLI usage I've also extended the docs: https://simonrepp.com/hyper8/docs/ - the examples for a single video and playlist site are now complete and the reference mentions many more options.

That's all, thanks everyone for your support! (˶′◡‵˶) #hyper8

¹ All changes:
https://codeberg.org/simonrepp/hyper8/src/commit/6451e598050ccbf71e8724169e74210deab1b889/CHANGELOG.md

Excellent excellent news for everyone on macOS that's interested in giving the Hyper 8 Video System a spin:

You can now install #hyper8 through homebrew! - see https://simonrepp.com/hyper8/docs/installation.html

Big thanks to @lislegaard for testing the formula(e) (and nudging the endeavour)!

One more thing to celebrate: Kristoffer jumped right into setting up a hyper8-generated video site yesterday and you can already check it out at https://www.kristofferlislegaard.com/video/ That marks the first official hyper8 publication (that I didn't have a hand in :)). Rejoice! \o/

It's been barely a week since the last #hyper8 release, but hey here's a new one already! :)

0.16.0 adds an "offline" setting to mark videos, playlists, and collections as not-for-deployment, configurable video order for collections, inheritance of visibility (unlisted/offline) indication in the editor and built site, three new themes, and some other tweaks and fixes.

Changes are also shown in video form here - https://simonrepp.com/video/hyper8/whats-new-in-0-16-0/ (it's a Hyper 8 demo site, coincidentally) - and in full detail in the changelog: https://codeberg.org/simonrepp/hyper8/src/branch/main/CHANGELOG.md#0-16-0

That's all, thanks everyone for your support! (⌒‿⌒)

Today the third beta for Hyper 8 Video System (0.15.0) was released!

This release boasts no overly flashy feature additions, but is filled to the brim with improvements and fixes for the editor, especially adding ergonomic changes that make working with #hyper8 much smoother, productive and more fun.

For a 4 minute video walkthrough of the bigger changes see https://simonrepp.com/video/hyper8/third-beta-changes/, and for all 26 notable changes in detail see the changelog at https://codeberg.org/simonrepp/hyper8/src/branch/main/CHANGELOG.md#0-15-0

For this one again a shout-out to @dried, who provided insights and support for two issues adressed in the release - cheers!

https://simonrepp.com/hyper8/

Back in march I released the first teaser video showcasing the Hyper 8 alpha (already using Hyper 8 back then, with full-on trash aesthetics) :D Today I repeated the exercise using the latest beta develpoment version (pre-0.15.0), this time producing two videos - one polished tour (8 minutes), and one where I just haphazardly go through everything the tour does not show (10 minutes).

The "Hyper 8 in eight minutes" tour: https://simonrepp.com/video/hyper8/tour/

The "Complementary ramblings to the tour": https://simonrepp.com/video/hyper8/addendum/

While everything is still a bit rough around the edges (every single time I productively use Hyper 8 results in me patching at least one small or critical thing I notice (ノ*°▽°*)), I'm also more sold than ever on the whole endeavour ... the authoring system (videos/playlists/collections), the hybrid editing model (browser interface/file system), the internal architecture, everything just pans out so far!! (*_ _)人 #hyper8

Today the second beta for Hyper 8 - a static site generator for video - was released! \o/

This new version (0.14.0) most notably adds better hierarchical presentation of collections on your site and new, comprehensive options for playlist ordering (manual/release date/title). Also included are a number of changes to improve editor interface readability and a dozen, also critical, bugfixes.¹

Many thanks go to @dried and @smdove who both provided excellent bugreports and insights to make some of the changes in this release happen!

Speaking of release - if anyone of you feels like maintaining a homebrew package for hyper8 (I think some macOS folks would be very grateful to see that happen!), I can set you up with a pretty much ready to go brew formula, it just needs someone willing to become its caretaker. ;)

If you're not familiar with #hyper8 yet, check out the website: https://simonrepp.com/hyper8/

¹ Detailed changelog see: https://codeberg.org/simonrepp/hyper8/src/branch/main/CHANGELOG.md

Development of the Hyper 8 Video System is actually bootstrapped onto a video publishing project (we're getting a first version of the https://derive.at video archive online, independent from big tech \o/). This week I picked up the first batch of release-ready footage and started using #hyper8 itself for transcoding the final files, so I'm now also iterating on the usability of that whole workflow.

Most recent additions are a more useful dashboard for tracking the background encoding jobs, webm support and overall more robust video metadata handling, and just today I added frame rate parsing and encoding settings (because I needed to convert from 60 to 30 fps).

Next on that front I want to attempt a proof of concept for providing some kind of continuous feedback from the encoding jobs, i.e. just plain redirecting some of ffmpeg's stdout/stderr to the editor - no promises yet though, need to do some exploratory coding first. :D

Official beta release is coming up in ... *checks notes* ... less than four weeks now! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ